THANKSGIVING FAVORITES

Posted Friday, November 20, 2009, at 9:36 AM

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday of the year, I love Turkey and Dressing/pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes/7 layer salad. I start on Monday the week of Thanksgiving getting prepared, I cook my cornbread(I add extra eggs to my cornbread instead of using raw eggs while making dressing) and biscuits for the dressing and put in refrigerator, get my pumpkin cooked and processed, Tuesday I make sure I have all the ingredients I need for making all the dishes. Wednesday I make pumpkin pies and other deserts. My favorite pumpkin is the(green striped crushaw or the cow pumpkin) I head over to Diebolds at Benton to buy them. I love the smell of Thanksgiving Dinner cooking. My sister is a very gracious host every year, she has the big house and we always have a great time with family and friends. Thanks sis we love you.

I am going to share some our favorites for Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy. I have an 18 quart electric roaster that I use for my Turkey and Dressing.

Turkey and Dressing

Turkey

rinse thoroughly, put in pan, sprinkle with salt, cook till done, sometimes during cooking I spoon some broth over it, to make sure it does not get dry.

crumble cornbread and biscuits, add onion, celery, sage, salt, pepper and enough broth to mix good, I then put small amount in bowl to see if I need more sage and salt. I always keep canned turkey or chicken broth in case I need extra. Put in roaster around turkey and cook 45 min. to an hour. During cooking I rub some butter on turkey so it will brown nicely.

Mix ingredients in order given, pour into pie crust, bake in preheated oven (425) for 15 min, reduce temperature to(350) and continue baking for approx. 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Sweet Potatoes

Potatoes, peel and cut in wedges1/4 cp brown sugar, I use splenda brown sugar1/2 cp granulated sugar, I use splenda
salt, just enough to sprinkle withcinnamon, to taste1/2 to 1 stick buttermarshmallows to cover top with

Put butter in electric skillet, add potatoes, cook on med about 15 to 20 min turning once, sprinkle with surgars, salt and cinnamon, let cook till liguid is carmelized. Then transfer to baking dish or can leave in skillet and put marshmallows on top ,let melt or brown.

Mix together and put in a large cookie sheet pan that has been greased or parchment paper. Sprinkle with 1 box of yellow cake mix over the top. Melt 1 and 1/2 sticks of butter/margarine and drizzle over the dry cake mix. Sprinkle 1/2 cups of chopped pecans over that.

I began cooking at the age of 9 with my father and have always loved trying new recipes. Beware: I am fond of onions and peppers! I am diabetic so I do try to cook more healthy dishes these days. My door is always open to trying and sharing new recipes. Let's see what we can cook up with this blog!